Information about the package, perl-GD, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-GD package is designed for, Perl interface to the GD graphics library.
Package Name:
perl-GD
Summary:
Perl interface to the GD graphics library
Description:
This is a autoloadable interface module for GD, a popular library for creating and manipulating PNG files. With this library you can create PNG images on the fly or modify existing files.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.44
Release:
3.el6
Size:
180 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-GD package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-GD
This command will install perl-GD on the server.
yum remove perl-GD
This command will un-install perl-GD on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-GD, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-GD
This command will un-install perl-GD on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-GD when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-GD
This command will update perl-GD to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-GD, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-GD
This command will update perl-GD to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-GD when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-GD
This command will show you core information about the perl-GD package.
yum deplist perl-GD
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-GD. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update perl-GD
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-GD. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.